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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Nature and Aim of Fiction, Writing Short Stories and On Her Own Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does O'Connor believe truly speaks for the country?
(a) Lawmakers.
(b) Poets.
(c) Advertising agencies.
(d) Preachers.

2. How many peafowl did O'Connor buy from an ad in a paper?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

3. O'Connor says no other writer was hotter after the dollar than whom?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Mark Twain.

4. What did one of O'Connor's peafowl lose in the mowing machine?
(a) An eye.
(b) Its tail.
(c) A wing.
(d) A foot.

5. What artist was John Peale Bishop referring to when he claimed that you cannot say this person painted apples and tablecloth and say what he has painted?
(a) Redon.
(b) Rousseau.
(c) Cezanne.
(d) Gauguin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who called art "reason in making"?

2. University students in the 1920s created a pamphlet with what title?

3. What does O'Connor say there are more of in the South than rivers and streams?

4. How long does it take for a cock's plumage to attain its pattern?

5. What was the title of the course that O'Connor addressed in The Nature and Aim of Fiction?

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